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– New Year, New Me(?)
– Clicks Launches A Phone!
– Pebble ROUND Revealed!
– Mamdani Declares War On Landlords!
– Reading Comments
Los Angeles County To Force Landlords To Provide AC Units?! | episode 390
CBSNEWS: The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved an amendment to help renters living in unincorporated areas within the county stay cool at home.
The board voted to require landlords to maintain a maximum indoor temperature of 82 degrees Fahrenheit.
Read moreHeat (1995): A Deep Dive Retrospective REDUX | Episode 385
This episode first aired in 2023. I have remastered the audio and updated the background.
This epic episode of The Critic Corner has been months in the making. My co-host Travis and I do a deep dive into the 1995 epic masterpiece HEAT by Michael Mann. With a sequel in the works, was this a movie that really needs it?
Read morePSA: City of Los Angeles Updates Allowable Rent Increases Effective 7/4/2025
This bulletin was sent to me by The Brennan Law Firm and was originally published by The Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles The City of Los Angeles has confirmed the allowable rent adjustment for rent-controlled units covered by the Rent Stabilization Ordinance (RSO). This applies to most residential properties built on or before October 1, 1978, and located within Los Angeles city limits.
Read moreInterview With The Host Of California Insider | Guest: Siyamak Khorrami | Episode 377
Siyamak Khorrami is the host of The Epoch Times’ California Insider program. On his show, he has in-depth and insightful conversations with a focus on California issues.
In this wide-ranging conversation, we talk about how Siyamak left Iran to make California his home, and how he joined up with The Epoch Times.
Read moreFactors Impacting Building & Housing Costs | Guest: Seth Larson | Episode 375
Seth Larson is the CEO of Resilient Roofing. He joins me to talk about the economic factors impacting the construction and real estate industries.
We also touch on the sluggish progress being made in Los Angeles after the destructive fires of January 2025.
Read moreReacting To The Epoch Times’ Leaving California Documentary | Episode 373
Leaving California: The Untold Story” is a feature-length documentary that portrays California’s growing challenges, causing an unprecedented mass exodus. Siyamak Khorrami, television host of California Insider and editor of The Epoch Times Southern California, takes viewers on an intimate journey of love, loss, tragedy, and hope as California residents face the prospect of leaving their beloved state.
Read moreThe Los Angeles Homelessness & Housing Affordability Crisis | Episode 368
This is a throwback to a series I did covering the Homelessness Crisis in Los Angeles. Although this is from years ago, the solutions proposed are more of the same. Meanwhile, things are worse than ever.
Read moreGenerational Wealth & The California Death Tax | Guest: Susan Shelley | Episode 367
Susan Shelley, VP of Communications at The Howard Jarvis Taxpayer Association, joins me to talk about the on-going effort to repeal the bad policies of Proposition 19 the California voters were fooled into passing.
We also discuss the challenges to getting the right information into the right hands for better informed voting in future elections and primaries.
Read moreTariffs HURTING Small Businesses. GOOD Rent Control News! Brax3 Shipping Soon? | Episode 366
TOPICS:
– Tariffs are hurting small businesses and some Right Wing types are off the mark on this.
– AB 1157 has been pulled! (For now).
– Brax3 Shipping Update
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